{"id":2927,"date":"2019-04-24T10:09:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T09:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2019-04-24T10:09:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T09:09:35","slug":"europe-etuc-work-is-to-earn-living-not-cause-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2927","title":{"rendered":"Europe: ETUC &#8211; Work is to earn living, not cause death"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IWMD19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IWMD19<\/a> Work is to earn living, not cause death <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fHRAk0WUzi\">https:\/\/t.co\/fHRAk0WUzi<\/a> We are calling for the EU \u2013 in particular the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Europarl_EN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Europarl_EN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUelections2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EUelections2019<\/a> to be elected in May &amp; the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EU_Commission?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EU_Commission<\/a> to be appointed following the elections \u2013 to really improve heath&amp;safety at work <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/18ty7eahi3\">pic.twitter.com\/18ty7eahi3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EUROPEAN TRADE UNION (@etuc_ces) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/etuc_ces\/status\/1120603504530399232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etuc.org\/en\/pressrelease\/work-earn-living-not-cause-death\">ETUC News release 23, April, 2019<\/a><br \/>\nWork is to earn living, not cause death<\/h6>\n<p>Almost two hundred thousand people die every year in the European Union as a result of workplace diseases, illnesses and accidents.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is much worse &#8211; there is massive under reporting by employers, and when a worker is killed by their work it harms whole families.<\/p>\n<p>The ETUC is calling for the European Union \u2013 in particular the new European Parliament to be elected in May and the new European Commission to be appointed following the elections \u2013 to<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Set a target of zero workplace cancer, and as a step towards that target set \u2018binding occupational exposure limits\u2019 for at least 50 cancer-causing substances (24 have been agreed by the current Parliament and Commission);<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Introduce a Directive on stress at work to make all employers adopt initiatives to identify and prevent stress, and procedures to tackle stress;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Introduce a Directive to tackle back, knee and finger-joint (and other musculoskeletal) pain at work;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Launch a debate on preventing work-related road deaths and work-related suicide with a view to taking new measures in the lifetime of the new Parliament and Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork is to earn a living\u201d said Esther Lynch, ETUC Confederal Secretary \u201cnot cause death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EU should work towards no work-related deaths and adopt an official target of zero workplace cancer. EU law is needed to oblige employers to put in place actions to prevent and tackle work-related stress and to stop the misery and suicide caused by work-related stress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EU must also act to reduce the distress of millions of workers who suffer from musculoskeletal pain \u2013 like back, knee and other pain in people\u2019s tendons, joints, muscles and bones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On work-related road deaths and suicides, Lynch added \u201cWe know that a large proportion of road deaths are work-related, and with the digital economy there is an increase of people delivering goods by road. We need those platforms who create the conditions to be responsible and take actions to protect workers and prevent work-related road deaths. We also know that these delivery workers are subject increasingly to violence. On work-related suicide we need studies and statistics as well as a actions to prevent such suicides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>April 28 is the day trade unionists throughout the world \u2018remember the dead and fight for the living\u2019 and press decision-makers and employers on the need to work with trade unions to stop workplace fatalities, injuries and disease.<\/p>\n<p>There were estimated to be some 500,000 work-related cancer deaths 2014-19 (the period in office of the current European Commission and Parliament), part of a total of 900,000-1 million work-related deaths over the same period in EU member states.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this post<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2927\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2927&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2927\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2927&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2927\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2927&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2927&amp;share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2927&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2927\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Europe%3A%20ETUC%20-%20Work%20is%20to%20earn%20living%2C%20not%20cause%20death&body=https%3A%2F%2F28april.org%2F%3Fp%3D2927&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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